I was a Caulfieldish kinda kid. The teachers who best motivated me were the ones who mentioned interesting side-issues from the main class work. Some of those caught my fancy and I dove in. They also allowed me time to work on non-assigned things because I’d already proven my ability to get the work done in half or less the time that they gave us.
“Aces everything”, eh? Far more likely that a kid will be really good at something like science but terrible at geography. Or a whiz at English composition but a terrible artist. And, of course, the great majority of kids are right in the middle about almost everything, neither particularly good nor particularly bad.
As far as we’ve seen he aces the humanities. He pretty much ignores math & science. I suspect he’s much weaker in subjects that you can’t BS your way through.
Depending on the kinds of questions Caulfield presented, as Mrs. Olsen, I would give very lengthy, detailed answers. That would require Caulfield to take some time to ‘grade’ them and then justify whatever grade he assigned. Payback is awesome.
Had a phone interview for a civilian job that I had been doing for 20 years in the service. The interviewer asked if I had a degree. Answered No. He replied that I wasn’t a professional. Look it up in the ‘Funk and Wagnels’ Said not a word about needing a degree to be a professional. We put too much emphasis on education rather than ability and proven results! FWIW My H.S. grades were 2.3 avg. got by. But when I got my degree it was 3.865. Amazing what younger and better instructors and a real interest can do for you. P.S. The H.S. teachers were all within retiring at 30 years with about 2-3 years max.
Sounds familiar. Sophomore year in HS I had an English class that required us to do a lot of reading. I read….ALOT and quickly. Most assignments I was done in a day given one to two weeks to complete. I ended up writing quite a few of the quizzes my fellow class mates were taking on the subjects. No, I didn’t cut ’em any slack!
Uncle Kenny 5 months ago
Which is why lots of smart kids have no study skills.
Concretionist 5 months ago
I was a Caulfieldish kinda kid. The teachers who best motivated me were the ones who mentioned interesting side-issues from the main class work. Some of those caught my fancy and I dove in. They also allowed me time to work on non-assigned things because I’d already proven my ability to get the work done in half or less the time that they gave us.
Richard S Russell Premium Member 5 months ago
“Aces everything”, eh? Far more likely that a kid will be really good at something like science but terrible at geography. Or a whiz at English composition but a terrible artist. And, of course, the great majority of kids are right in the middle about almost everything, neither particularly good nor particularly bad.
gammaguy 5 months ago
“…the kid who aces everything without studying.”
Oh, he does lots of studying… just not in the prescribed manner.
P51Strega 5 months ago
As far as we’ve seen he aces the humanities. He pretty much ignores math & science. I suspect he’s much weaker in subjects that you can’t BS your way through.
sandpiper 5 months ago
Depending on the kinds of questions Caulfield presented, as Mrs. Olsen, I would give very lengthy, detailed answers. That would require Caulfield to take some time to ‘grade’ them and then justify whatever grade he assigned. Payback is awesome.
UlrigJaeger Premium Member 5 months ago
Had a phone interview for a civilian job that I had been doing for 20 years in the service. The interviewer asked if I had a degree. Answered No. He replied that I wasn’t a professional. Look it up in the ‘Funk and Wagnels’ Said not a word about needing a degree to be a professional. We put too much emphasis on education rather than ability and proven results! FWIW My H.S. grades were 2.3 avg. got by. But when I got my degree it was 3.865. Amazing what younger and better instructors and a real interest can do for you. P.S. The H.S. teachers were all within retiring at 30 years with about 2-3 years max.
Mike Baldwin creator 5 months ago
Use what you got.
TMMILLER Premium Member 5 months ago
Sounds familiar. Sophomore year in HS I had an English class that required us to do a lot of reading. I read….ALOT and quickly. Most assignments I was done in a day given one to two weeks to complete. I ended up writing quite a few of the quizzes my fellow class mates were taking on the subjects. No, I didn’t cut ’em any slack!